New Delhi: Breaking News! The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has warned India and China over the e-waste management, and said they could face disaster in future, if appropriate action is not taken immediately.

"As sales of electronic products in India, China and other developing countries are set to rise sharply in the next 10 years, these “e-waste mountains” would have “serious consequences for the environment and public health”, said a UNEP Report.

The report listed 11 developing countries, where e-waste poses serious threat to the environment and ecology.

The e-waste products included old and dilapidated desk and laptop computers, printers, mobile phones, pagers, digital photo and music devices, refrigerators, toys and television sets.

According to the UNEP report, India now has e-waste of over 100,000 tonnes from refrigerators, 275,000 tonnes from TVs, 56,300 tonnes from personal computers, 4,700 tonnes from printers and 1,700 tonnes from mobile phones.

Electronic waste from old computers will jump 500 percent in India, and between 200 and 400 percent in South Africa and China by 2020, the report said. It further added the e-waste from mobiles by that time will reach 18 times higher than 2007 level, while it will be 7 times higher in China.